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A young girl in a school uniform reads from a book in a classroom with a blackboard and other students.

A young girl in a school uniform reads from a book in a classroom with a blackboard and other students.

A detailed classroom scene at St. ClaraтАЩs Academy in Mumbai, 2025, during a 9th-grade English lesson. Ananya Patel, a 15-year-old girl, stands nervously at a chalk-dusted blackboard, holding a textbook and reading Daffodils by Wordsworth. She wears a navy skirt and white blouse, her altered body (softened skin, slight curves) making her look passable but awkward, her bobbed hair in a ponytail. Her kohl-lined eyes and flushed cheeks show discomfort as her high-pitched voice falters. The classroom is cramped, with wooden desks carved with names, a creaky ceiling fan, and walls with faded Shakespeare and Tagore posters. Sunlight streams through barred windows, highlighting MumbaiтАЩs humid air. In the background, Aryan, a cocky boy in a navy blazer, smirks and whispers to Vikram, while Meera offers a sympathetic glance from her desk. The blackboard has scrawled notes, and the air smells of chalk and incense from a nearby puja room. The scene captures AnanyaтАЩs vulnerability under the gaze of her co-ed classmates See more